One month of President Trump declaring people and things to be ‘beautiful’

President Trump praised French first lady Brigitte Macron's physique July 13, during his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Emmanuel Macron/Facebook)

“Beautiful” is one of President Trump’s favorite words. He’s used it at least 1,500 times on Twitter and in speeches since he began running for office, according to the database at Factba.se. He uses it indiscriminately, the way a teenager might use “cool.”

At times, though, it’s awkward.

On Thursday, Trump met with Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, and his wife Brigitte. As they greeted one another, cameras picked up Trump’s praise for France’s first lady.

That “you’re in great shape” attracted some negative media attention, as you might expect. But the “beautiful” was almost predictable. After all, in the last month alone, Macron is the third wife of a president to earn that descriptor, after the first lady of South Korea and Trump’s own wife.

Over that period, Trump has described 35 different things as beautiful, according to Factba.se’s data and news reports from the day. They range from soldiers killed in combat to foreign countries to two different three-word phrases to abstract concepts.

Our index of the past month, below. Were any of the beneficiaries of Trump’s compliment inclined to bask in it, this list might give them pause.

No longer will the EPA be telling you how to run your business or do your job or live your life. Instead, it will focus on its true mission, clean air and clean, beautiful, crystal water. Nice, beautiful, clean water.

It is America’s destiny to be at the forefront of humanity’s eternal quest for knowledge and to be the leader amongst nations on our adventure into the great unknown. And I could say the great and very beautiful unknown. Nothing more beautiful.

Representing the United States Army is Captain Jean Gwon. She served 14 years, and today she is Company Commander in support of Old Guard, where she oversees the 120 soldiers who protect the Tomb of the Unknowns. It’s beautiful.